Malcolm Pridgeon

BIOGRAPHY

Malcolm Pridgeon was born on January 20th, 1995, in Central Islip, New York, and currently plays guard for the Cleveland Browns of the NFL.

He attended Central Islip high school, where he was second team-all New York State as a senior and was rated as a 4-star prospect. He played for Coach Joe Taormina and was an excellent high school basketball player, as well, and made the 2014 Class AA all state-tournament team; also competed in track and field.

He played college football at Nassau Community College; he played two seasons under Coach Joe Osovet. He was considered the top junior college offensive tackle in the nation by JuCo Football Scouting, and he had a 5-star ranking from Scout and 4-star rankings by ESPN, Rivals, and 247Sports.

He was listed as the No. Three junior college offensive tackle by both 247Sports and ESPN, and he was rated among the Top 5 players overall, including No. 4 by Scout, No five by 247Sports and No. 5 on the ESPN JC50. He was a two-year All-Northeast Football Conference performer at Nassau, Pridgeon was a first-team NJCAA All-American in 2015, and he helped Nassau to a 10-0 season in 2014 with the team finishing sixth nationally and defeating Scottsdale JuCo in the Valley of the Sun Bowl game.

He transferred in 2016 to Ohio State University and redshirted that year. In 2017 he played in all 14 games, mostly on special teams. In 2018 he started all 14 games and led all players in snaps from scrimmage with 1,170. He and the line ranked third in the Big Ten in fewest sacks allowed in 2018, a season in which the offense had a school-record 561 passing attempts.

Pridgeon signed with the Houston Texas as an undrafted free agent in 2019. He signed with the Cleveland browns in 2019.